So as promised, here is the last chapter for 'Last Christmas' my first of many mini stories for this fic. Happy Holidays Everyone!

AND AS A BONUS...DUN DUN DUN.. NEXT CHAPTER COMES UP TODAY AS WELL!

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CHRISTMAS STORIES

CHAPTER 4: LAST CHRISTMAS FINALE

MIKAN'S POV

"Do you two know each other?" I asked as both Sumire and Natsume had horror stricken faces while staring at each other.

"She's –"

"He's –"

They both started to talk together and then abruptly stopped. Sumire's face was blazing red like a fire engine and Natsume couldn't look her in the eye. I really didn't understand it at first until Koko finally spoke up.

"I'm just going on a hunch here, you're 'the' Natsume Hyuuga, aren't you?" He looked at Natsume curiously to which the latter just nodded. It baffled me that they knew his name, much more so that Koko used the word 'the' as if he was referring to some famous actor or something.

"What does he mean by 'the' Natsume Hyuuga?" I turned to my crimson eyed boyfriend who was now being approached by Koko with an arm outstretched.

"Well, it's a pleasure to finally meet the guy who broke Sumire's heart." And I was like 'wait, what?!'

"What do you mean broke her heart? Did you two date before?" And just as the words came out of my mouth, my brain finally functioned properly and put two and two together.

"Oh dear Kami." I muttered.

"You're his best friend." Sumire only sighed and nodded as she took her seat.

"And you're the jerk who left her the day after she confessed to you." I pointed at Natsume who cringed at the mention of his actions.

"To my defense, I left the day before because Sumi locked herself up and wouldn't talk to me. If you also remember, you called me that day after you found out that your asshole of an ex-boyfriend cheated on you."

"Oh my gosh. Sumire. I am so sorry." I turned towards Sumire who looked at me in astonishment.

"Why are you apologizing?" She asked me.

"Well he left abruptly to go to me instead of staying to fix things with you." I remembered the night I caught her crying when I moved into the apartment.

"Mikan, it wasn't your fault." She hugged me and when we broke the embrace, her eyebrows furrowed.

"Where's Natsume?" I turned to look behind me and he was gone.

I ran out of the restaurant to see his figure running in the direction we had came from. He was going to his car. I ran after him, calling out and asking him to come back but he never slowed down. I was able to catch up after a couple of minutes, thank Kami I ran for the track team in high school. I tackled him and we took a tumble on the cold, snowy sidewalk.

"Why are you running away?" I asked him.

"I don't know."

"You can't run away from her forever you know."

"I know I hurt her Mikan. I apologized for it. I felt like an ass. For not noticing right away how she felt. For leaving her without fixing things. And when she kissed me that night, I was shocked. She's my best friend. But she stopped talking to me. She wouldn't respond to my text, calls and even facebook or skype messages. She didn't give me a chance to at least explain to her my side. I already met you that time, and I was courting you even if you didn't want me to because of Tono. I may not look like it, but I got hurt too."

"Well, you never told me any of this and had I known I'd have had you patch things up with her a long time ago. Now come back and talk to her." I pulled him back towards the restaurant and although I could sense his hesitance, he came with me.

We reached the restaurant just in time as Sumire and Koko were at the door, leaving. Neither Natsume or Sumire made any move or spoke to each other. Good thing Koko and I appeared to be on the same wavelength. He walked over to me and asked me if I wanted to grab a drink at the bar which I immediately agreed to, leaving our partners behind, looking baffled.

When we reached the bar, we chose a spot where we could watch over them. They were lead to a table for two, thankfully its Christmas Eve so there weren't much patrons. I studied Koko who was looking at the pair with a relaxed expression. I wonder if he's intimidated by Natsume. I blush when he catches me looking at him and a grin breaks out on his face.

"It's alright Mikan."

"Sorry, Koko."

"Are you alright with this?" He gestures to his girlfriend who is in a serious conversation with my boyfriend.

"Of course. They were a part of each other's lives way before he met me. They should fix things between them. You?" I asked him.

"It's fine with me. She told me about him when we met. She was always talking about him and I knew she was in love with him. Though I may never measure up to him, I love her. And I may never have had the chance to be with her if he didn't break her heart."

"That's nice of you to say Koko."

"I mean it. I was a shy and quiet guy back then. Sumire was able to bring out the real me, she has this kind of, I don't know, power I guess?" He laughed and scratched his head.

SUMIRE'S POV

How ironic that the fates wanted me to see him just when I had moved on. This shouldn't affect me that much but it does. Here he is now, Natsume Hyuuga in the flesh, sitting across from me. And it's funny because I'm not mad. Especially since now I know that he left me that day for Mikan. It wasn't her fault. It wasn't his fault either. It was mine. For falling in love with him. For ruining a very good friendship. For everything.

I knew I had to fix this. But was I ready?

"I'm sorry Sumire." I didn't expect him to speak first and it must have been shown all over my face.

He took that as his cue to continue.

"She's the one I told you about. The one I was seeing. She had broken up with her ex on Christ-"

"I know." I had to interrupt. Mikan had already told me of this. His eyes were downcast.

"That doesn't exactly make me feel better. It should've come from me. I should've told you but you wouldn't talk to me. You shut me out completely. I couldn't reach you anymore."

"Maybe you didn't try hard enough." I didn't need to say it but I had to. For myself.

"Maybe I didn't. And I'm sorry." He admitted.

"I forgive you. I already did. I just didn't need you to stick around as a reminder of that epic fail." I tried to scoff it off but he could always read through me.

"Don't laugh it off Sumire. Your feelings are important to me, whether you choose to believe it or not."

"I'm sorry too."

"You can't apologize for loving someone. It isn't a mistake." He said simply.

"So what now?" No use dwelling in the past.

"Why did your boyfriend call me 'the' Natsume Hyuuga?"

"Ahhh, that. He was kind of asking me out during my first year at Columbia but I shot him down because, well, uhm, you know the reason." I said, blushing at the memory.

"He seems like a pretty nice guy, since he didn't try to punch me when I confirmed I was the ass that broke your heart. But then again, I doubt he could make a dent in me. The guy's too puny." I gave him a smack in the head.

"You're still an arrogant jerk! And is that any way to talk about your best friend's boyfriend?" I laughed as he rubbed the spot that I had hit on his head.

"I'm telling you, how can he protect my gorgeous girl best friend if he's that scrawny?" He gave me that childish smile that I missed for awhile and he stood up to hug me.

I hugged him back. I was glad to have him back in my life, because no matter what, he's my best friend too. Mikan and Koko joined us soon after and we finally ordered and had dinner.

A show band came on and began to sing Christmas carols. Mikan and I were invited to sing a song when I spied her ex from the corner of my eye at the bar. I whispered to her what song and she agreed.

So, me and my new girl best friend Mikan Sakura, on Christmas Eve sang to the guys who broke our hearts.

~Last Christmas, I gave you my heart~

~But the very next day, you gave it away~

~This year, to save me from tears~

~I'll give it to someone special~

END

Ending is a bit lame. I think. LoL.

But it's Christmas, be nice in reviewing tee hee ;)

As a special treat I'll be uploading another mini story. Enjoy!

Guest2: walang anuman my kababayan :) Merry Christmas!

Hacel: I gather you're a kababayan as well! Maligayang Pasko. And as you may have read above, the ending is quite anticlimactic (well from my POV) haha. Enjoy!

Anilissa – Mikan used to attend Natsume's school (Dartmouth) during the first year. She was still in love with Tono then but has already known Natsume who was already courting her (but she didn't give him a chance until she caught Tono cheating). Mikan and Natsume became gf-bf around March in their timeline. She transferred during her second year to Sumire's school (Columbia) and became her flatmate but is still dating Natsume. Neither of the girls had mentioned Natsume's name since 1, Sumire didn't want to mention his name 2, Mikan was planning to introduce them during the dinner that happened in chapter 3. I hope that clarifies it but if you still have follow up questions, feel free to PM me ;)

layliaman98 – since it's Christmas, I wouldn't dream of making her a bitch. :D and yes, friendship is still intact and now stronger ;)

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

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